Apple Podcast Rankings - Great Britain - Science

Discover the Top 100 Podcasts in Great Britain

Explore the latest data-driven rankings of the top 100 podcasts in Great Britain. Our comprehensive analysis covers the best Apple Podcasts across various categories, providing insights into the most popular shows, episode lengths, publication frequencies, and leading hosting services. Whether you're a podcast creator or an avid listener, find the top-ranked podcasts that everyone is tuning into right now.

Podcast charts from 12 Mar 2026

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03/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 368

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:45:49

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (13 shows)

2. BBC World Service (3 shows)

3. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

4. New Scientist (2 shows)

5. Iszi Lawrence and David Hone (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. BBC (17 shows)

2. Megaphone (15 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. Libsyn (10 shows)

5. Simplecast (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Rest Is Science	Goalhanger	Science	88	Megaphone	83
2	Life Without	BBC Radio 4	Science	11	BBC	39
3	Curious Cases	BBC Radio 4	Science	176	BBC	43
4	The Infinite Monkey Cage	BBC Radio 4	Science	247	BBC	39
5	Get Birding	Peanut & Crumb	Science	38	Acast	94
6	More or Less	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	1140	BBC	28
7	A Question of Science	The Francis Crick Institute	Science	21	Omny Studio	79
8	StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson	Neil deGrasse Tyson	Science	1130	Simplecast	62
9	Science Weekly	The Guardian	Science	296	Acast	38
10	Hidden Brain	Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam	Science	626	Simplecast	48
11	Uncharted with Hannah Fry	BBC Radio 4	Science	22	BBC	28
12	Boring History for Sleep	Velvet	Science	501	Spotify for Podcasters	28
13	Ologies with Alie Ward	Alie Ward	Science	531	Simplecast	63
14	Radiolab	WNYC Studios	Science	670	Simplecast	63
15	Google DeepMind: The Podcast	Hannah Fry	Science	51	Simplecast	62
16	Making Sense with Sam Harris	Sam Harris	Science	507	Libsyn	48
17	BBC Inside Science	BBC Radio 4	Science	670	BBC	38
18	The World, the Universe and Us	New Scientist	Science	466	Megaphone	53
19	Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas	Sean Carroll	Science	444	Libsyn	42
20	Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal	Theories of Everything	Science	363	Megaphone	53
21	The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens	Nate Hagens	Science	425	Libsyn	52
22	The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	Science	356	BBC	38
23	That UFO Podcast	That UFO Podcast	Science	1117	Audioboom	48
24	The Naked Scientists Podcast	The Naked Scientists	Science	1289	Acast	48
25	The Plodcast	Our Media	Science	689	Megaphone	63
26	Live Like a Girl with Dr. Mindy Pelz	Dr. Mindy Pelz	Science	363	Transistor	73
27	Sasquatch Chronicles	Sasquatch Chronicles - Bigfoot Encounters	Science	727	Libsyn	43
28	WEAPONIZED with Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp	Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp	Science	123	Megaphone	58
29	Unexplainable	Vox	Science	309	Megaphone	53
30	Farming Today	BBC Radio 4	Science	26	BBC	28
31	This Podcast Will Kill You	Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts	Science	303	Omny Studio	62
32	Scotland Outdoors	BBC Radio Scotland	Science	801	BBC	28
33	Oceanography \| Marine Science and Ocean Stories	Pine Forest Media \| Environmental Science Podcasts	Science	43	Acast	73
34	The We Society	AcSS	Science	93	Audioboom	79
35	The Artificial Human	BBC Radio 4	Science	49	BBC	49
36	Rare Earth	BBC Radio 4	Science	70	BBC	28
37	Babbage from The Economist	The Economist	Science	11	Acast	63
38	Constant Wonder	BYUradio	Science	235	Unknown	73
39	Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts	High Ash Farm	Science	155	Buzzsprout	48
40	That's Just Wild	Fresh Air	Science	102	Acast	84
41	The Psychology Podcast	iHeartPodcasts	Science	478	Omny Studio	38
42	Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe	iHeartPodcasts	Science	845	Omny Studio	48
43	Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith	Ben Goldsmith	Science	86	Buzzsprout	72
44	The Climate Question	BBC World Service	Science	314	BBC	38
45	That's Absurd Please Elaborate	Trace Elements Media	Science	154	ART19	68
46	Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast	David Puder, M.D.	Science	281	Libsyn	42
47	Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast	Accidental Gods	Science	395	Transistor	68
48	Safe to Drink	NHPR	Science	6	Megaphone	53
49	The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh	Atmos	Science	32	Simplecast	68
50	The Supermassive Podcast	The Royal Astronomical Society	Science	122	Acast	59
51	CrowdScience	BBC World Service	Science	510	BBC	48
52	The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe	Dr. Steven Novella	Science	1106	Libsyn	38
53	Crash Course Pods: The Universe	Crash Course Pods, Complexly	Science	12	Simplecast	68
54	Wild Tales \| Nature Podcast	National Trust	Science	205	Audioboom	47
55	Discovery	BBC World Service	Science	853	BBC	28
56	When Science Finds a Way	Wellcome	Science	40	Libsyn	89
57	New Scientist Weekly	New Scientist	Science	63	Acast	73
58	All In The Mind	ABC Australia	Health & Fitness	248	ABC Australia	43
59	You Are Not So Smart	You Are Not So Smart	Science	345	Simplecast	53
60	People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast	Zachary Elwood	Science	219	Simplecast	58
61	Paranormal Mysteries	Nic Ryan \| Paranormal Mysteries Podcast	Science	625	Spreaker	69
62	Blurry Creatures	Blurry Creatures	Science	467	Megaphone	63
63	Speaking of Psychology Details temporarily unavailable	American Psychological Association	Science	439	Libsyn	43
64	Overheard at National Geographic	National Geographic	Science	160	Megaphone	48
65	The Quanta Podcast	Quanta Magazine	Science	365	PRX	53
66	Open Country	BBC Radio 4	Science	466	BBC	28
67	New Books in Critical Theory	Marshall Poe	Science	2014	Megaphone	59
68	Universe Today Podcast	Fraser Cain	Science	1582	Unknown	48
69	Why This Universe?	Dan Hooper, Shalma Wegsman	Science	116	Buzzsprout	53
70	Great Mysteries of Physics	The Conversation	Science	7	Acast	63
71	NASA's Curious Universe	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	Science	108	Megaphone	69
72	The Knepp Wilding Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Knepp.co.uk	Science	52	Buzzsprout	37
73	DarkHorse Podcast	Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying	Science	492	Buzzsprout	42
74	Terrible Lizards	Iszi Lawrence and David Hone	Science	138	Libsyn	78
75	reading rocks	Ian Jackson	Science	17	Buzzsprout	58
76	Tooth & Claw: True Stories of Animal Attacks	Wes Larson, Jeff Larson, Mike Smith \| Daylight Media	Science	213	Megaphone	73
77	Ri Science Podcast	The Royal Institution	Science	116	Spotify for Podcasters	48
78	Tweet of the Day	BBC Radio 4	Science	733	BBC	28
79	Nature Podcast	Springer Nature Limited	Science	926	Acast	43
80	Somewhere in the Skies	SpectreVision Radio	Science	733	Megaphone	63
81	Outrage + Optimism	Persephonica and Global Optimism	Science	410	Acast	89
82	Bigfoot Society	Jeremiah Byron	Science	1001	Spreaker	79
83	The Common Descent Podcast	Common Descent	Science	384	Podbean	41
84	This Natural Life	BBC Radio 4	Science	30	BBC	43
85	TED Talks Science and Medicine	TED	Science & Medicine	37	Unknown	28
86	Astrum Space	Astrum	Science	232	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	Dr Karl Podcast	triplej	Science	250	ABC Australia	32
88	Astronomy Cast	Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela Gay	Science	566	Libsyn	68
89	The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast with Dr James Morris	James Morris	Science	33	Buzzsprout	62
90	Drilled	Pushkin Industries	Science	263	Omny Studio	63
91	UFO Chronicles Podcast	Nik Hunter	Science	505	Spreaker	54
92	Science Vs	Spotify Studios	Science	344	Megaphone	69
93	Climate Unf*cked	Rob Cooper	Science	15	Unknown	53
94	The Death Studies Podcast	The Death Studies Podcast	Science	68	Spotify for Podcasters	27
95	The Turing Podcast	The Alan Turing Institute	Science	69	Podbean	37
96	Dr Giles Yeo Chews the Fat	Orion Publishing Ltd.	Science	9	Acast	79
97	Mysterious Universe	8th Kind	Science	20	Megaphone	79
98	How We're Wired	The Bertarelli Foundation	Science	32	Omny Studio	89
99	SpaceTime with Stuart Gary	Stuart Gary	Science	1000	Spreaker	53
100	The Science of Birds	Ivan Phillipsen	Science	156	Buzzsprout	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Great Britain

The podcast landscape in Great Britain is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

For those interested in podcast creation, knowing the best hosting services and the most successful authors in your category can provide a competitive edge. Whether you're looking to start your own show or just want to see what's popular, this ranking offers a valuable snapshot of the podcasting world in Great Britain.
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